Larne may be sitting in the box seat in terms of the race for the Danske Bank Premiership title, but boss Tiernan Lynch insists he is not paying much attention to the league table, just yet anyway!
The Invermen find themselves seven points clear with six games to go as they close in on what would be a historic first title.
Lynch though is adamant that he won't be thinking about winning anything until it's mathematically possible to do so.
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"To be honest, I don't think about it," he said.
"Genuinely people keep coming and try to show me but I honestly have no interest.
"When somebody tells me it's mathematically then I'll be interested, as of right now though my only concern is Coleraine next Saturday."
Lynch accepts there will be pressure given the position Larne find themselves in but he has challenged his players to embrace it and enjoy it.
"As we keep saying you can go into this with fear and worry about outcomes or go into it feeling super proud of where we are," he said.
"We've been building this for six years to try and get ourselves at this level.
"We have to enjoy every minute of it, I know sometimes people will say that's hard, and there's no doubt it is as you're there to be shot at week in, week out.
"Larne seems to be getting it now and the likes of Linfield are being left alone, but again that's what we want."
Andy Ryan's goal a minute before half time sealed a 1-0 win over Ballymena United on Friday night.
Lynch admitted his side weren't at their free flowing best in the second half but added that this stage of the season is all about adding to their 22 league wins already in the bag.
"I suppose when you get to this stage, and I never thought I'd hear myself say this, it's all about three points," he said.
"The big thing is as best as we can we have to try and keep doing what we're good at, but when it's not working we just have to try and be solid, wait until we get the rhythm of the games again and go again.
"We probably had three or four really good chances in the first half where we should have done better.
"But it's very hard to be critical of this group. They are just coming back from a five-day break so we knew there was going to be an element of ring-rust there.
"We thought it was a good opportunity for them to get some rest and recovery in their legs and we should hopefully reap the rewards of that over the next number of weeks.
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